Ambrosia tomentosa

Ambrosia tomentosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Ambrosiinae
Genus: Ambrosia
Species: Ambrosia tomentosa

Name

Ambrosia tomentosa Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. pl. 2:186. 1818

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Franseria tomentosa (Nutt.) A.Nelson in New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt.: 542 (1909), nom. illeg.
  • Gaertneria tomentosa (Nutt.) A.Nelson in Bot. Gaz. 34: 34 (1902)
• Heterotypic
  • Franseria discolor Nutt. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 7: 345 (1840)
  • Franseria exigua Wawra in Itin. Princ. S. Coburgi 2: 41 (1888)
  • Gaertneria discolor (Nutt.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 339 (1891)
  • Xanthidium discolor Delpino in Studi Lign. Anemof.: 63 (1871)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America USA (Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Nutt., 1818. The Genera of North American Plants 2: 186.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ambrosia tomentosa. Published online. Accessed: January 30 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Ambrosia tomentosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 30. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Ambrosia tomentosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 January 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Ambrosia tomentosa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 30. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ambrosia tomentosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: skeletonleaf burr ragweed

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